By using a unique cross-sectional dataset of Chinese industrial firms, this paper investigates the external and internal effects of human capital on firms’ environmental performance. The result shows that firms have better environmental compliance because they are ‘pushed’ into compliance by the internal driver of human capital and ‘pulled’ to be environmental friendly by the external force of ...

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BACKGROUND Most Americans are not active at recommended levels. Adolescence is a developmental period when physical activity (PA) decreases markedly. METHODS This study investigates whether access to environmental PA resources moderates the relationship between psychosocial resources (social support and perceived competence) and PA among 192 adolescents. RESULTS Environmental access to PA r...

In recent decades traffic injuries have become a leading cause of death and disability the world over. In congested urban areas, the noise and emissions from vehicle engines cause discomfort and disease. More than one billion people are exposed daily to harmful levels of atmospheric contamination. Because internal combustion generates carbon dioxide (CO2), the automobile is a principal contribu...

OBJECTIVES Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) constitute an increasing slice of the global burden of disease, with the South-East Asia region projected to see the highest increase in NCD-related deaths over the next decade. Mining industry employees may be exposed to various factors potentially elevating their NCD risk. This study aimed to assess the distribution and 5-year longitudinal trends of...

This study examines mothers' and fathers' smoking patterns in different kinds of smoking households, and assesses their relative contribution to infants' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. It uses data from a cross-sectional survey of 314 smoking households (infants: mean age 10 weeks) in Coventry and Birmingham, England, examining reported tobacco consumption and objective measures of ex...

Although with some ups and downs, the control of the tobacco epidemic has made some progress over the past years across diVerent countries in Europe. Of course, it is hard to attribute decreased tobacco consumption to a single action, but this process has been parallel to a set of policies resulting in the control of tobacco promotion, more public education, higher taxes (leading to higher cost...

the needs and characteristics of tehran metropolitan and developing recreational areas require goal setting and special planning from various view points. regarding the destroying process in mountainous regions, especially in south alborz (koohsar nature park), makes the importance of the region obvious. so, it's better to plan such areas in a systematic and fundamental framework. the purp...